Tata AIA launches two funds to cash in on rising consumption trends in India

Tata AIA launches two funds to cash in on rising consumption trends in India

Tata AIA Life Insurance has launched two new fund offers (NFOs) targeting India’s growing consumer market, recognising the economic boost driven by recent tax reforms and increasing disposable incomes. The Tata AIA Life Tax Bonanza Consumption Fund and the Tata AIA Life Tax Bonanza Consumption Pension Fund aim to capitalise on these changes by enabling … Read more

NFO alert: DSP Nifty Private Bank Index Fund, Bandhan Nifty Next 50 Index Fund open for subscription

NFO alert: DSP Nifty Private Bank Index Fund, Bandhan Nifty Next 50 Index Fund open for subscription

The DSP Mutual Fund recently introduced the DSP Nifty Private Bank Index Fund, an open-ended scheme that tracks the Nifty Private Bank Index. This fund offers investors a targeted approach to the private banking sector in India. The NFO will be available from February 14, 2025, to February 28, 2025. Investors have the option to … Read more

D-Mart and Trent to outperform amidst India’s changing consumption landscape: Jignanshu Gor

D-Mart and Trent to outperform amidst India’s changing consumption landscape: Jignanshu Gor

“I do not cover FMCG so far. But on restaurants, I am outperform on Jubilant and Devyani, the two larger players, while being underperform on Westlife and market perform on Sapphire,” says Jignanshu Gor, Bernstein India.Let us pick it up from where Mr Mehta left. You think elephants will continue to dance? India is a … Read more

Private sector banks set to generate Alpha in 2025: Radhika Gupta

Private sector banks set to generate Alpha in 2025: Radhika Gupta

“Now the point, consumption stocks that are expensive. If you look at India in aggregate, India’s PE multiple over 10 years as a stock market is higher than its 10-year averages. So, India is re-rated upward,” says Radhika Gupta, Edelweiss MF. Everybody has been waiting for this consumption fund, I can tell you. Now that … Read more

Marico shares surge 9% after reporting 20% YoY jump in Q2 PAT. What analysts say?

Marico shares surge 9% after reporting 20% YoY jump in Q2 PAT. What analysts say?

Shares of FMCG company Marico shot up 9.3% to an intraday high of Rs 687.30 on the BSE after the company on Tuesday reported a 20% in consolidated net profit to Rs 433 crore for the September quarter. It had posted a net profit of Rs 360 crore in the July-September quarter a year ago. … Read more

Still bullish on India; consumption remains cornerstone for India story: Jonathan Schiessl

Still bullish on India; consumption remains cornerstone for India story: Jonathan Schiessl

“I think broadly speaking, the market does offer a lot from a consumption perspective. So, multiple sectors and it is a very exciting space and has been for some time,” says Jonathan Schiessl, Westminster Asset Management.Wanted your take regarding consumption as a basket? Now, overall demographics of India are quite strong right now and rural … Read more

Efforts on to woo more FMCG companies to State, says Kerala Industries Minister

Efforts on to woo more FMCG companies to State, says Kerala Industries Minister

Minister P. Rajeev inaugurating session with representatives from multinational companies in the FMCG sector in Kochi. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The government will help develop retail sales sector in different regions in the State and efforts are being made to attract more FMCG producers to the State, Industries Minister P. Rajeeve has said. He … Read more

Adani Wilmar shares jump over 6% as Adani Enterprises to demerge food FMCG biz

Adani Wilmar shares jump over 6% as Adani Enterprises to demerge food FMCG biz

Shares of FMCG firm Adani Wilmar jumped 6.4% to Rs 370.7 in Friday’s intraday trade on BSE after billionaire Gautam Adani‘s flagship entity Adani Enterprises on Thursday approved the demerger of the company’s food FMCG business to Adani Wilmar. “It is believed that the proposed demerger will unlock the direct value of the demerged company’s … Read more

A confident NDA can propel Nifty towards 26,300: Rupak De of LKP Securities

A confident NDA can propel Nifty towards 26,300: Rupak De of LKP Securities

A confident NDA could propel the Nifty towards 26,300 and beyond in the medium to long term, says Rupak De, Senior Technical Analyst at LKP Securities. Edited excerpts from a chat in which the analysts also shares two stock ideas for the week. In the post-election result week, do you see some signs of more … Read more

Are fears and panic around PSUs overblown? Sandip Sabharwal answers

Are fears and panic around PSUs overblown? Sandip Sabharwal answers

“The situation was never as good in the Indian aviation market as it is today because there are effectively only two large players, Vistara Air India combined and InterGlobe Aviation,” says Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com.Let us get stock specific then and get in your take on the entire chemical sector, brokerages are of the view that … Read more